Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi amid Kolkata case, seeks stringent anti-rape law: ’Horrifying to see...’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking stringent laws and “quick justice” in rape cases. In the letter dated August 22, she highlighted the "regular and increasing occurrence of rape cases throughout the country". Her statement came amid a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.“I wish to bring to your kind attention the regular and increasing occurrence of rape cases throughout the country and in many cases, rapes with murder are committed,” the West Bengal chief minister said in the letter she shared on X.